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Rah, Sung Sil; Hong, Soon-Beom; Yoon, Ju Young – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
As the prevalence of developmental disorders (DDs) has increased, many OECD countries provide a national screening examination for early detection and intervention for DDs. This study examined effects of the National Health Screening Program in Korea. 65,334 children (39%) were DD-screened and 35,466 children (21%) received a false negative among…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Health Services, National Programs, Developmental Disabilities
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Ibrahim Can Yasa; Müge Müzeyyen Çiyiltepe – SAGE Open, 2024
Developmental language disorder (DLD) is a language deficit affecting approximately 7% of the general population and does not associate with any hearing impairment, neurological damage, or mental disorder. In DLD, the complications arise over time due to the learning difficulties experienced, which causes eventual cognitive delay compared to…
Descriptors: Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments, Screening Tests, Young Children
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Elyse L. Postlewaite; Ayize Sabater; Dalia Avello-Vega; Catherine Massie – Journal of Montessori Research, 2024
Montessori educators face increasing demands to support growing numbers of students who have developmental delays or disabilities, and early detection and support are essential. Yet, detecting developmental delays is a complex task, and early childhood educators do not typically receive specialized training. The Ages and Stages Questionnaires…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Child Development, Montessori Schools, Training
Hudson, Kesha N.; Willoughby, Michael T. – Grantee Submission, 2021
The Canadian Little Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (Little DCDQ-CA) is a parent-report screening instrument that identifies 3- to 4-year-old children who may be at risk for Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). We tested the criterion validity of the Little DCDQ-CA in a sample of preschool-aged children in the United States…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, At Risk Persons, Preschool Children, Screening Tests
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Hendricks, Alison Eisel; Adlof, Suzanne M.; Alonzo, Crystle N.; Fox, Annie B.; Hogan, Tiffany P. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine whether parents of children with developmental language disorder (DLD) were aware of their children's language difficulties and whether a brief, classroom-based language screen can reliably identify children at risk for DLD, including those with both good and poor word reading skills. Method: First-…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Grade 2, At Risk Students
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Oetting, Janna B. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2018
Purpose: Although the 5 studies presented within this clinical forum include children who differ widely in locality, language learning profile, and age, all were motivated by a desire to improve the accuracy at which developmental language disorder is identified within linguistically diverse schools. The purpose of this prologue is to introduce…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Student Diversity, Developmental Disabilities, Language Impairments
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Tzouriadou, Maria; Vouyoukas, Constantinos; Anagnostopoulou, Eleni; Filiou, Athanasia – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
The Roma, known as well as gypsies, constitute the largest transnational, non-territorial nation. Research has indicated that the majority of Roma students cannot meet school requirements. Teachers' attributions on the causes of Roma students' underachievement have focused on factors such as poverty, illiteracy and different values system.…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Minority Group Students, Underachievement, At Risk Students
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Wallace, Ina F. – RTI International, 2018
In the past decade, American and Canadian pediatric societies have recommended that pediatric care clinicians follow a schedule of routine surveillance and screening for young children to detect conditions such as developmental delay, speech and language delays and disorders, and autism spectrum disorder. The goal of these recommendations is to…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, Developmental Disabilities, Child Development, Young Children
Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, 2023
Each year, the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) releases a list of scientific advances that represent significant progress in the field of autism research. The "2021 Summary of Advances" provides short, plain language summaries of the top research breakthroughs selected by the IACC from a pool of research articles…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Research, Screening Tests, Clinical Diagnosis
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McGregor, Karla K. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2020
Purpose: For over two decades, we have known that children with developmental language disorder (DLD) are underserved. We have also known that DLD does not attract the research attention that it merits given its prevalence and impact. The purposes of this clinical focus article are to present evidence that these failures continue, explore the…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Developmental Disabilities, Access to Education, Speech Language Pathology
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Kamio, Yoko; Haraguchi, Hideyuki; Stickley, Andrew; Ogino, Kazuo; Ishitobi, Makoto; Takahashi, Hidetoshi – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2015
To determine the best discriminative items for identifying young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), we conducted a secondary analysis using longitudinal cohort data that included the Japanese version of the 23-item modified checklist for autism in toddlers (M-CHAT-JV). M-CHAT-JV data at 18 months of age and diagnostic information…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Young Children
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Bollig, Sabine; Kelle, Helga – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2013
This article presents findings from an ethnographic study on preventive paediatric check-ups in Germany. In accordance with system-theoretical and governmentality approaches (referencing Foucault), preventive check-ups are conceptualised as fields where risk concepts related to children's development are applied, produced and reworked. In order to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ethnography, At Risk Persons, Child Development
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Sarmiento Campos, Jose A.; Squires, Jane; Ponte, Jaime – Early Child Development and Care, 2011
"A_Tempo" is a research project that is currently under development in Galicia, an autonomous community of Spain. Its main aim is to propose an effective universal screening procedure for early identification of developmental disorders in children from zero to three years of age who attend Galician pre-primary schools.…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Foreign Countries, Screening Tests, Questionnaires
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that about 1 in 88 children has been identified with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). CDC's estimate comes from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network, which monitors the number of 8-year-old children with ASDs living in diverse communities throughout the…
Descriptors: Incidence, Autism, Developmental Disabilities, Pervasive Developmental Disorders
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Kirby, Amanda; Edwards, Lisa; Sugden, David; Rosenblum, Sara – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD), also known as Dyspraxia in the United Kingdom (U.K.), is a developmental disorder affecting motor co-ordination. In the past this was regarded as a childhood disorder, however there is increasing evidence that a significant number of children will continue to have persistent difficulties into adulthood.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Adults, Check Lists
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